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Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

~Marianne Williamson~

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Ride On!

Friday, I left on a journey of epic proportions! Ok, not really. I went on a motorcycle ride with my parents, and some friends. I rode with a couple. They each have their own bikes. For the first half of the first day, I rode with the lady, and then I rode with the guy the rest of the time. He has a Harley Davidson Ultraglide. It is a really nice bike. Not as nice as my dad's, but it is prettynice. I had a pretty good time on it. It was comfortable enough that I started falling asleep on the way from Naturita to Grand Junction. He finaly stopped and I got off and walked it off. It isn't fun, falling asleep like that. On my dad's I'm ok, because I can lean on his back. But on his, I can't for two reasons. I just don't feel comfortable doing that, and there isn't enough room even if I did want to. But the noise of that thing is awesome. I love the sound of a Harley!
K, we went to Green River, Moab, Naturita, Grand Junction, and then to Fruita. We stopped for the night there. The next morning, we got up and went to this little town. Don't know what it is called. Anyway, we went through there, and past up to the mountains. We went over them. The view was fantastic. When we got to the other side, we went through a little town called Rangely, and then through a place called Dinosaur. That was about, well in fact, 33 miles from Vernal. Let me tell you. The scenery around there could put you to sleep, it is so boring. But after we got to Vernal, we continued over the mountains over to Duchesne. From there, we went through Helper, Price, Huntington, Castle Dale, and then to home. Ferron. It was a long ride.
In the leg between Dinosaur and Vernal, I started falling asleep again. This time, I think that I actually started falling sideways. I woke up after a few seconds to find myself slumped over. I just feel so at home on a bike that I start to feel like I can sleep. Well, physicaly, my body thinks that way. I mentaly know that I shouldn't. I have taken a nap on my dad's bike coming home from Spanish Fork. I just put my head on his back, and took a little nap. I was still aware of my surroundings, but I wasn't awake, if that makes scense. But these last two time, my eyes have just started to close, and my head does the whole fall over one side, and then the other thing. I chugged a 16 ounce can of Mountain Dew. It kept me awake. I think that I was making my driver nervouse and the person behind me too.
The whole trip was about 700 miles long. The first day we were on the bikes around 7-8 hors and the second day we went 9 hours. Give or take a few minutes. But most of it was just fun and georgous. I had a good time, my parents had a good time, and the rest of the people did too, I think.
Friday night we ate at this place called Rib City Grill. I had their ribs. I at an entire rack, half a baked potato, and some beans and a piece of toast. It was so good. I loved every bite. I would go there again.

1 comments:

Andrea, Mrs. said...

If I ever hear of you taking another nap on a motorcycle--you're never going to ride again!